Secure Socket Layer MCQ

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• In the handshake protocol which is the message type first sent between client and server ?
  ক

  server_hello

  খ

  client_hello

  গ

  hello_request

  ঘ

  certificate_request
• The certificate_verify message involves the process defined by the pseudo-code (in terms of MD5) – CertificateVerify.signature.md5_hash = MD5(master_secret || pad_2 || MD5(handshake_messages || master_secret || pad_1). Is there any error? If so, what is it?
  ক

  Yes. pad_1 and pad_2 should be interchanged

  খ

  Yes. pad’s should be present towards the end

  গ

  Yes. master_key should not be used, the pre_master key should be used

  ঘ

  No Error
• The client_key_exchange message uses a pre master key of size –
  ক

  48 bytes

  খ

  56 bytes

  গ

  64 bytes

  ঘ

  32 bytes
• The certificate_request massage includes two parameters, one of which is-
  ক

  certificate_extension

  খ

  certificate_creation

  গ

  certificate_exchange

  ঘ

  certificate_type
• What is the size of the RSA signature hash after the MD5 and SHA-1 processing?
  ক

  42 bytes

  খ

  32 bytes

  গ

  36 bytes

  ঘ

  48 bytes
• The RSA signature uses which hash algorithm?
  ক

  MD5

  খ

  SHA-1

  গ

  MD5 and SHA-1

  ঘ

  None of the mentioned.
• The DSS signature uses which hash algorithm?
  ক

  MD5

  খ

  SHA-2

  গ

  SHA-1

  ঘ

  Does not use hash algorithm
• In the Phase 2 of the Handshake Protocol Action, the step server_key_exchange is not needed for which of the following cipher systems?
  ক

  Fortezza

  খ

  Anonymous Diffie-Hellman

  গ

  Fixed Diffie-Hellman

  ঘ

  RSA
• 6.The certificate message is required for any agreed-on key exchange method except _______________
  ক

  Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman

  খ

  Anonymous Diffie-Hellman

  গ

  Fixed Diffie-Hellman

  ঘ

  RSA
• Which is the key exchange algorithm used in CipherSuite parameter?
  ক

  RSA

  খ

  Fixed Diffie-Hellman

  গ

  Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman

  ঘ

  Any of the mentioned
• In the Handshake protocol action, which is the last step of the Phase 2 : Server Authentication and Key Exchange?
  ক

  server_done

  খ

  server_key_exchange

  গ

  certificate_request

  ঘ

  crtificate_verify
• 3.In the SSL record protocol operation pad_1 is –
  ক

  is the byte 0x36 repeated 40 times for MD5

  খ

  is the byte 0x5C repeated 40 times for MD5

  গ

  is the byte 0x5C repeated 48 times for SHA-1

  ঘ

  is the byte 0x36 repeated 48 times for MD5
• In the SSL record protocol operation pad_2 is –
  ক

  is the byte 0x36 repeated 40 times for MD5

  খ

  is the byte 0x5C repeated 48 times for MD5

  গ

  is the byte 0x5C repeated 48 times for SHA-1

  ঘ

  is the byte 0x36 repeated 48 times for MD5
• Number of phases in the handshaking protocol?
  ক

  2

  খ

  3

  গ

  4

  ঘ

  5
• In the alert protocol the first byte takes the value 1 or 2 which corresponds to _________ and _________ respectively.
  ক

  Select, Alarm

  খ

  Alert, Alarm

  গ

  Warning, Alarm

  ঘ

  Warning, Fatal
• Which protocol is used for the purpose of copying the pending state into the current state?
  ক

  Alert Protocol

  খ

  Handshake Protocol

  গ

  Upper-Layer Protocol

  ঘ

  Change Cipher Spec Protocol
• Which protocol consists of only 1 bit?
  ক

  Alert Protocol

  খ

  Handshake Protocol

  গ

  Upper-Layer Protocol

  ঘ

  Change Cipher Spec Protocol
• Which protocol is used to convey SSL related alerts to the peer entity?
  ক

  Alert Protocol

  খ

  Handshake Protocol

  গ

  Upper-Layer Protocol

  ঘ

  Change Cipher Spec Protocol
• Consider the following example – Size of Plaintext – 48 bytes. Size of MAC – 20 bytes. Block Length – 8 bytes. How many bytes of padding need to be added to the system?
  ক

  1

  খ

  2

  গ

  3

  ঘ

  4
• After the encryption stage in SSL, the maximum length of each fragment is
  ক

  214+1028

  খ

  214+2048

  গ

  216+1028

  ঘ

  216+2048
• The full form of SSL is
  ক

  Serial Session Layer

  খ

  Secure Socket Layer

  গ

  Session Secure Layer

  ঘ

  Series Socket Layer
• The difference between HMAC algorithm and SSLv3 is that pad1 and pad2 are ________ in SSLv3 whereas ________ in HMAC.
  ক

  NANDed, XORed

  খ

  Concatenated, XORed

  গ

  XORed, NANDed

  ঘ

  XORed, Concatenated
• In the SSL Protocol, each upper layer message if fragmented into a maximum of __________ bytes.
  ক

  216

  খ

  232

  গ

  214

  ঘ

  212
• Which one of the following is not a session state parameter?
  ক

  Master Secret

  খ

  Cipher Spec

  গ

  Peer Certificate

  ঘ

  Server Write Key
• Which one of the following is not a higher –layer SSL protocol?
  ক

  Alert Protocol

  খ

  Handshake Protocol

  গ

  Alarm Protocol

  ঘ

  Change Cipher Spec Protocol
• In terms of Web Security Threats, “Impersonation of another user” is a Passive Attack.
  ক

  True

  খ

  False
• In the above figure, which of the above shaded block is transparent to end users and applications?
  ক

  IP/IPSec

  খ

  SSL

  গ

  Kerberos

  ঘ

  S/MIME
• In the above figure from left to right, the correct order of the shaded levels are
  ক

  Network level, Application level, Transport level

  খ

  Application level, Network level, Transport level

  গ

  Transport level, Application level, Network level

  ঘ

  Network level, Transport level, Application level